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User-generated Q&A in Virtual China

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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I’ve been trying to understand more about both new features and competition in the Chinese search engines market–with an eye toward having something to say about where innovation is happening and how ideas are flowing from one online space to another.  (Tip: if you’re interested in search, you have to visit Webmaster World.com’s excitingly useful Asia Pacific Search Engine…

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Baidu bias: nationalism and CCP hatred

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

A Web 2.0 blog, TechCrunch, posted about a week ago on the upcoming launch of Baidu Space.  The post spurred a series of comments that reveal the craziness of commitments both for and against China’s leading search engine, Baidu. There are those who hate Baidu because it’s a mainland company and is seen as participating in government oppression of certain kinds of speech; there are…

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China’s MSN Space/Live Spaces head to head with BaiduSpace 百度空间

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Time for me to do my homework on this.  I’ve been personally less interested in Microsoft online products and services for the past several years, preferring to explore other options.  But for understanding Virtual China, understanding MS is a must (as it would be for understanding virtual anywhere).

Did you know that globally, MSN Space had an estimated 100 million (100,000,000) unique visitors…

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MSN Spaces + Google = BaiduSpace 百度空间

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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Imagine MySpace pages MSN Spaces with the search functionality of Google and all its features, and you’ll see what Baidu is trying to create: BaiduSpace 百度空间, now in beta in China. Blogger Xiong Jiezeng has an analysis (in Chinese) of what works and what doesn’t, which should be of great help to the feature’s developers.

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Baidu’s “zeitgeist” rankings

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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Google has its “zeitgeist” feature which allows you to take the pulse of most popular search terms for the week, month, or even year; Baidu has a similar feature called “list of hottest Chinese searches” 中文搜索风云榜.  Neither are particularly intuitive to me, frankly, since they both divide the search terms into strange categories–e.g., Google’s “spring break” list…

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China’s “denied access” doll

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Reporters Without Borders: The Chinese authorities seem to have stopped blocking access to the
international version of Google’s search engine, Google.com. Tests
carried out by Reporters Without Borders show that it is again
accessible in Beijing and Shanghai. Google’s unblocking tends to
confirm the theory that online censorship was stepped up for the
anniversary of the Tiananmen Square…

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